Promotional Event & Excerpt: 'The Rules of You and Me by Shana Norris

Hannah Cohen has always lived
her life by a set of carefully constructed rules to maintain the image of
perfection. But now, the rules aren't helping control the chaos that is quickly
taking over.

Opting out of spending the
summer in Paris with her mom, Hannah instead heads to the mountains of North
Carolina to stay with her aunt. The Blue Ridge Mountains provide a barrier
between Hannah and the rest of the world, a safe haven where her secrets can be
forgotten.

When Hannah crosses paths with
Jude Westmore, a guy who hangs a different shirt from the tree in his front
yard every day, she finds herself breaking out of the comfort of her rules and
doing things she had never dared before. As the summer passes, Hannah and Jude
grow closer and make up their own rules for dealing with life.

But when the secret Hannah has
tried to forget is finally revealed, even the new rules can't save her from
possibly losing everything--including Jude.

This young adult romance is a
standalone companion novel to Shana Norris's The Boyfriend Thief.

ABOUT the AUTHOR

Most days, Shana Norris still feels like she's
stuck at sixteen, which is probably why she enjoys writing about teens. She
lives in a small town in eastern North Carolina with her husband and small zoo
of pets, which currently includes two dogs, five cats, and five chickens.

“Where is all your
stuff?” I asked. My room was filled with awards and pictures. Evidence of the
life I had led up until now.

“I threw out a lot
of things in the days after Liam died,” Jude told me. “Nothing seemed important
anymore.”

He pointed to the
door across the hall, which was closed. “That’s Liam’s room. It’s just like he
left it the last time he was here, a few weeks before he was deployed. It’s a
disaster area.” Jude laughed. “Liam got that from my mom. They always told me I
was the weird neat freak of the family.”

I slipped my arm
around his waist, leaning my head against his shoulder. “Do you realize that’s
the first thing you’ve told me that makes you different from your brother?”

Jude tensed against
me for a moment, then relaxed. “I guess it is. I never could be as messy as he
was. It drove me crazy. My cleaning drove him crazy too.”

“See? You’re really
not your brother, Jude. You don’t have to live in his shadow or try to be like
he was.”

He let out a long
breath, like he was letting go of something he’d been holding onto for a long
time. “I know.”

Jude’s arm slipped
around me and he pulled me into him. I pressed my ear against his chest,
listening to his steady heartbeat. His fingers trailed up and down my arms,
making me shiver at the tingles his touch spread over my skin.

I let Jude ease me
down onto the bed. He moved over me, his lips pressing into mine. I closed my
eyes, blocking out all thoughts of his house and my mom and the rules. The
Hannah I wanted to be could do anything she wanted, and this moment, all I
wanted was to be here with Jude.

My fingers slipped under the edge of his T-shirt and Jude raised up
enough to pull it over his head, tossing the shirt aside. His skin felt like
fire under my touch. I had never been this close to anyone, not even with

Zac.
It excited and terrified me at the same time. I wrapped my arms tight around
Jude’s neck, squeezing my eyes shut to keep out any unwanted thoughts.